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37 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 15 March 2009 05:32PM

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Comment author: sjs 16 March 2009 08:12:12PM 0 points [-]

If you're sympathetic to libertarian ideas, I'm surprised you're not interested in furthering discussion about libertarian approaches to spectrum allocation and land use and transportation policy. What mainstream websites/blogs/pundits do you know of who give anything more than a passing mention of these issues? I find that these issues in particular (IP not so much) are woefully neglected by...just about everyone. Even libertarian organizations (Reason magazine and foundation come to mind) often have very statist stances when it comes to land use and spectrum regulation.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 March 2009 08:30:19PM 13 points [-]

If you're sympathetic to libertarian ideas, I'm surprised you're not interested in furthering discussion about libertarian

"A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Not every conversation on the Internet has to be about libertarianism. Anyone who can't accept that about any of their pet topics is a commenter we can't afford to have.

Comment author: Court_Merrigan 17 March 2009 03:10:55AM 1 point [-]

Agreed. Discussions of dogmatisms such as libertarianism in any of its forms is boring, boring, boring and now what I'd like to read here.

Not that the original post here is an example of that, per se, although I think it comes close.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 17 March 2009 12:32:13PM *  2 points [-]

Not that the original post here is an example of that, per se, although I think it comes close.

For the record, while I do have sympathies for libertarian ideas, I consider myself closer to the socialist end of the spectrum.

Comment author: thomblake 16 March 2009 08:19:00PM 2 points [-]

libertarian approaches to spectrum allocation and land use and transportation policy

Notice you didn't mention 'human rationality' at all.

From our vague semi-non-official guidelines:

Specifically, should posts be about rationality, or can they be "mere" applications of rationalist insights to specific topics?

The latter is a dangerous path to go down, at least for now. But if an application has something new to say about rationality and it's something that our already iconoclastic readers haven't heard before - i.e., not the standard arguments for libertarianism or whatever - then I guess so...

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